74 The only reason that forbade me from narrating the hadith...

74 The only reason that forbade me from narrating the hadith of the Messenger of Allah was fearing from being called the most conscious of his , but I heard him saying: “Whoever ascribes to me that which I never said, verily his last abode shall be Fire.” Ahmad, al-Darimi and Ibn Majah with others reported on the authority of Abu Qatadah that the Prophet said: “I warn you against narrating from me extensively.

Whoever reports from me should never say but the truth, and that who ascribes to me any saying I never uttered, his last abode shall verily be Fire.” The most decisive evidence in this regard being the hadith reported by al-Bukhari on the authority of ‘Amir ibn Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr, in which he said: I said to al-Zubayr: You are not relating the Messenger’s traditions as done by so and so and so and so!

He said: (You know that) I have never parted his (Prophet’s) company, but I verily heard him saying: “Whoever lies against me, shall verily occupy his abode in Fire.” 75 In his comment on this hadith, Ibn Hajar said: This hadith was reported by al-Zubayr ibn Bakkar in his Kitab al-Nasab, in another way, from Hisham ibn Urwah, from his father that Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr said: “I am meant by this,” i.e. paucity of narrations by al-Zubayr.

I asked him about that, when he said: O son, you know the consanguinity and blood relation I have with the Prophet, upon whom be God’s peace and benediction. His paternal aunt is my mother, and his wife Khadijah is my paternal aunt, while his mother Aminah bint Wahab and my grandmother Halah bint Wahab are both daughters of Abd Munaf ibn Zuhrah, and your mother is the sister of his wife ‘A’ishah.

However, I heard him saying: “Whoever lies against me (falsifies a hadith ascribing it to me), his last abode shall be Fire.” The same hadith was reported by al-Darimi from Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr, with the words “Whoever related from me falsely”, without mentioning the word “deliberately.” It was further reported by Abu Dawud, 77 al-Nasa’i, Ibn Majah, al-Darimi and al-Daraqutni, 78 that he said: By God he never said the word “deliberately”, while you claim that he said it.

Further, Ibn Qutaybah in his book Ta’wil mukhtalif al-hadith, 79 is reported to have said: “Whoever tells lies against me his last abode shall be Fire,” adding: I see people adding the word “deliberately”, while I swear by God that I never heard him uttering it.